itoto
Kari'na edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Cariban *wɨtoto (“person”); compare Trió wïtoto, Wayana witoto, Kaxuyana toto, Akawaio itoto, Ye'kwana sotto.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
itoto (possessed itotory) (Suriname, Venezuela)
References edit
- Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 280
- Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “iťoto”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 185; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes[2], Paris, 1956, page 180